But at first, many of the media watchers and journalists in my tweet-stream wondered if the Onion had been hacked. For a good 30 minutes or so, a wide range of sensible people jumped to the conclusion that the first tweet was so not-funny, it had to be the result of a hacking incident. This news site in Ireland and The Washington Post both spoke to the Onion's New York offices just now, and confirmed that they were not hacked. Now, news is coming in that Capitol police are pissed. WUSA-9, a DC television station, tweets:

But at first, many of the media watchers and journalists in my tweet-stream wondered if the Onion had been hacked. For a good 30 minutes or so, a wide range of sensible people jumped to the conclusion that the first tweet was so not-funny, it had to be the result of a hacking incident. This news site in Ireland and The Washington Post both spoke to the Onion's New York offices just now, and confirmed that they were not hacked. Now, news is coming in that Capitol police are pissed. WUSA-9, a DC television station, tweets: